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Who's to blame for our politics? Don't ask
There is a classic "Doonesbury" cartoon, published soon after the Vietnam War ended, in which the antiwar activist Mark Slackmeyer is arguing with his pro-war father. They go back and forth, each blaming the other's politics for everything that's wrong in...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Bashar Assad, Government, John Kerry, Nouri Maliki
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The virtues of a president with humble origins
Since World War II, Americans have tended to elect middle class presidents. With the exception of the two Bushes — the first of whom lost his second election, the second of whom "lost" his first — both parties succeeded by nominating...Tags: Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Paul Ryan, George W. Bush, Democratic Party
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On student loans, Hugo Chavez and Joe Flacco's taxes
Remember when President Barack Obama stuck a federal takeover of the student loan program into the "Affordable Care Act," AKA "Obamacare"? The dirty deed was accompanied by a promise that federal control would save taxpayer money and cut off all the...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Sports, Super Bowl, Federal Reserve
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Can GOP reverse the damage done by Iraq?
Is the Iraq war to blame for the mess we are in? Now, I should qualify that question by explaining "mess" and "we." By "mess," I mean the dawn of Barack Obama's second term, the predictably catastrophic rollout of Obamacare, the exploding debt and...
Tags: Republican Party, Armed Conflicts, John Kerry, Iraq, George W. Bush
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Justice Kennedy's one-man show
WASHINGTON -- Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up -- and his courtiers were...
Tags: Judges, Samuel A. Alito, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Elena Kagan
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Omission accomplished
If President Barack Obama goes on to lose to Mitt Romney next month, analysts will agree that Wednesday night's debate in Denver was the turning point, the moment when Obama began to lose his lead in the polls with a rambling, indifferent performance on...Tags: Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Bain Capital, LLC, Richard Nixon, Elections
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Prices, Insurance, Healthcare Provider, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Lobbying
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Dueling dozens
For the past year, left-leaning Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has regularly been trading views on the presidential race with writers from the other side of the political spectrum, looking for trends, points of agreement and areas of divergence. For the last...Tags: Planned Parenthood, The Pentagon, Executive Branch, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, White House
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Teachers, colleges getting early lesson in Obamacare
They jokingly refer to themselves as "road scholars," the part-time, often itinerate employees who teach the majority of the classroom hours at community colleges. Without their willingness to work for modest pay, tuition at these colleges would be...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, Judges, Employees, Health Insurance Cost, Colleges and Universities
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The meanings behind Obama's second inaugural speech
Tribune columnist Eric Zorn and local pundit Chris Robling, former executive director of the Cook County Republican Party, discuss President Barack Obama's second inaugural speech. Eric Zorn: I counted 67 uses of "we," 76 uses of "our," and assorted...
Tags: Republican Party, Budget Control Act of 2011, Elections, Barack Obama, Politics
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: Republican Party, Pam Bondi, Insurance, Rick Scott, Regional Authority
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Dr. Ben Carson, new right-wing hero
Whenever somebody says something like, "Now, I know this isn't PC, but ... ," watch out. It probably means they're about to say something rude. In the case of Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and director of pediatric neurosurgery at...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Personal Investing, Insurance, Healthcare Provider, Colin Powell
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